October 30, 1972

Dem Pres candidate Sen McGovern charges in Oct 29 TV int that Pres Nixon has 'played to our fears' on issue of busing to obtain integration of schools, and says that neither he nor Nixon can do very much about a matter being litigated in Fed cts

NY State Educ Comr E B Nyquist on Oct 29 upholds NYC central Bd of Educ decision assigning 32 black and Puerto Rican students from Tilden Houses in Brownsville to John Wilson JHS in Canarsie; dismisses appeal by Dist 18 school bd, saying it offered no decisive facts to show central bd acted capriciously; notes plan for rezoning 3 Canarsie schools is due in 3 mos; thousands of Canarsie parents attend rally and vow to continue school boycott; police say over 180 policemen will continue to guard school; Dist 18 bd meets to decide whether to file lawsuit in State Supreme Ct against central bd

Nixon, in Oct 29 radio campaign speech, holds natl defense, '2d to none in world,' is vital as incentive for negotiations leading to peace; defends Amer power, holding that US has fought only to defend freedom; opposes cutbacks in conventional forces because of current nuclear parity between US and USSR

(Campaign Outlook) NY Times/Yankelovich survey released on Oct 29 indicates that despite further gains by Sen McGovern, Pres Nixon continues to hold massive lead in potential electoral votes as campaign enters final 2 wks; survey, which encompassed 16 largest states, that if election had been held on Oct 24, Nixon could have recd up to 318 electoral votes alone in states that were surveyed while McGovern would receive 0 electoral votes; 14 electoral votes would be undecided; survey also finds that many voters have no great liking for either candidate and that public interest in election is waning; survey was completed on Oct 24, indicating that it could not measure pol impact of Vietnam peace developments; other results of survey detailed; include fact that break-in at Dem Natl Com hq (Watergate affair) and associated charges of secret Repub campaign funds have apparently not swung many voters to McGovern; also that Nixon continues to lead among all categories of voters except Dems, blacks, Jews and coll students but that he continues to run comparatively well among these groups; description of how series of 4 NY Times/Yankelovich surveys, latest of which was jointly sponsored with Time (pub), were conducted

Oct 30-31: Israeli Govt says that its planes raided 4 Arab guerrilla bases in suburbs of Damascus, Syria, on Oct 30 and returned home safely; attack is 2d under Israel's new policy of hitting guerrillas whenever they can be found, regardless of whether they have 1st launched attack on Israel; mil sources say attacking aircraft met no resistance